Senior Engineering Manager
Key details
- Salary
- $415K–$450K/yr
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Lead / Staff+
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 10–13 yrs
- Function
- Software engineering
- Focus area
- other
- Visa sponsorship
- No visa sponsorship
- Posted
- 57m ago
Skills
About the role
About the Role
Lead a core engineering team building AI-powered products that transform complex tax documents into reliable structured data. This hands-on player-coach role combines technical leadership, team development, and direct contributions to customer-facing software.
What You'll Do
Manage and grow a team of senior, staff, and principal engineers while contributing code, reviewing designs, and debugging challenging problems.
Build and ship customer-facing, evaluation-driven AI products for enterprise users.
Coach engineers through direct feedback, strengthen technical and product judgment, and support their growth into broader roles.
Lead hiring, onboarding, and team growth as the organization scales.
Work with domain experts and customer-facing teams to connect engineering decisions to business needs.
What We're Looking For
10 or more years of software engineering experience, including progression from hands-on individual contributor work into formal engineering management.
Experience managing engineering teams, ideally with five or more direct reports, and leading senior-level engineers.
Current hands-on coding experience, with a background in production software, design reviews, code reviews, and debugging.
Backend, backend infrastructure, or backend-oriented full-stack expertise, with Python, TypeScript, or cloud infrastructure experience a plus.
Experience building or leading customer-facing products and hiring, onboarding, and developing engineering teams.
Exposure to AI or machine learning systems, such as document AI, retrieval-based systems, agentic systems, or evaluation-driven development.
Strong coaching and performance management skills, including setting clear expectations and addressing performance concerns early.
Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $415,000 to $450,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California.
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